{"id":29248,"date":"2025-02-25T03:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=29248"},"modified":"2025-02-20T10:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:07:09","slug":"when-do-copyrights-expire-by-kelley-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/25\/when-do-copyrights-expire-by-kelley-way\/","title":{"rendered":"When Do Copyrights Expire? by Kelley Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/When-Do-Copyrights-Expire-by-Kelley-Way.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29249 size-full\" title=\"When Do Copyrights Expire? by Kelley Way\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/When-Do-Copyrights-Expire-by-Kelley-Way.png\" alt=\"When Do Copyrights Expire? by Kelley Way\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/When-Do-Copyrights-Expire-by-Kelley-Way.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/When-Do-Copyrights-Expire-by-Kelley-Way-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Kelley+Way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelley Way<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cWhen Do Copyrights Expire?\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>With all the copyrighted works of 1929 entering the public domain as of January 1, it\u2019s a good time to ask how copyrights work, and when do copyrights expire.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Yes, all copyrighted works will expire at some point. The U.S. Constitution specifically says that creative works can be protected \u201cfor a limited duration,\u201d meaning they must expire sometime.<\/p>\n<p>When they do expire, they are said to enter \u201cthe public domain,\u201d the magical place where free-to-use content resides.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Works in the public domain can be used by anyone<\/strong>, for any reason, without having to get permission or pay royalties (with some limited exceptions &#8212; see my article on the public domain.)<\/p>\n<h2><b>So when do copyrights expire?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>That question is trickier than you might think because it depends on when the work was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kawaylaw.com\/what-is-copyright\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> copyrighted<\/a> in the first place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Copyright Act of 1976<\/strong> changed how the entire system worked, and a dividing line was created on January 1, 1978 (when the Copyright Act took effect).<\/p>\n<p>For works published before this date, they got a flat 28 years of protection.<\/p>\n<p>If they wanted their copyright to last longer, they had to renew their copyright with the Copyright Office to get another 28 years.<\/p>\n<p>This caused many problems and confusion, and eventually, the law was changed to give these works a flat 95 years of protection, with no renewal required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the plus side<\/strong>, it\u2019s now easier to know when these works enter the public domain, and it\u2019s how January 1 became Public Domain Day.<\/p>\n<p>For works created after January 1, 1978, copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years.<\/p>\n<p>So, none of these works will be entering the public domain anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>People who want to determine the copyright status<\/strong> of a specific work will have to do some legwork to find out if and when the copyright author died before they can determine the copyright\u2019s expiration date.<\/p>\n<p>This extended copyright duration is very nice for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kawaylaw.com\/what-happens-to-my-copyrights-when-i-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">copyright authors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However \u2013 if the copyright is actually making money, they can plan for it to keep making money for years after they\u2019re gone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It can be a great way to provide<\/strong> for loved ones or donate to worthy causes if they set things up properly.<\/p>\n<p>The intersection of copyright and estate planning law is my specialty. If you have questions about copyright law or how to incorporate copyrights into your will and trust, please reach me at <a href=\"mailto:kaway@kawaylaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kaway@kawaylaw.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to read more articles like this one Writer\u2019s Fun Zone? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/contact-beth\/#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscribe here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/07\/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-the-california-consumer-privacy-act-ccpa-by-kelley-way\/kawaylaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"kawaylaw.com noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19891 tc-smart-load-skip tc-smart-loaded\" title=\"Kelley Way\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/way18CRWEB-240x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/way18CRWEB-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/way18CRWEB-640x800.jpg 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/way18CRWEB.jpg 700w\" alt=\"Kelley Way\" width=\"150\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kelley Way was born and raised in Walnut Creek, California. She graduated from UC Davis with a B.A. in English, followed by a Juris Doctorate. Kelley is a member of the California Bar, and an aspiring writer of young adult fantasy novels. More information at <a href=\"http:\/\/kawaylaw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kawaylaw.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re working on your book about Sherlock Holmes, you might wonder, when do copyrights expire? Kelley Way has the answers for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":29249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4659],"tags":[447,1008,5523,934],"class_list":["post-29248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-copyright","tag-copyright-act","tag-copyright-act-of-1976","tag-kelley-way"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When Do Copyrights Expire? by Kelley Way &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you\u2019re working on your book about Sherlock Holmes, you might wonder, when do copyrights expire? 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